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With julia kai a.m. and steve hall. jim, let me start with you on the reporting. there's another report i want to ask you about, the a.p. showing that financial reports show that paul manforth received more than a million dollars in off the book payments. a spokesman has said that's not true. how damaging, though, could it be? >> it could be very laging. it results from the black ledger as it's known in russia. it was a handwritten account of money paid. when it came out a few months ago, paul manforth and his lawyers questioned the authenticity of it. but they've tracked the payments from the...

I know his partners. i've watched him in afar for 30 years. i have no reason to disbelieve him. in the k578 pain for the president, which had knowing to do with this, right, what people don't understand is that in march the president needed delegates. >> right. >> this president had no conventional team. when you're in a jungle you need to find somebody who's been through that jungle. a convention is complicated. you need 1267 delegates. each state has a different manner in gaining the dell galgts and a different manner in selling them. paul manforth ran that convention for president trump. he...

What's happened. last week with president xi and syria and how they you'll came together, the fine tuning of his team around him, saying by the way, there's no "i" in team. is how any executive would adjust his team. >> mall manforth is in the news tonight. you've known him fore dpek aids and helped bring him into the campaign. the ap reporting that manforth receiving millions of dollars off the books of a pro-russian entity. he says there's nothing improper going on. do you believe him? >> yeah, i believe -- look, i've known paul for over 30 years. he's credible, he's reliable. he's an unbeli...

Leader's name again. it's a pattern of sloppiness that's corroding his ability. his mention of barrel bombs in syria suggested a big change in policy. >> if you gas a baby, put a barrel bomb in to innocent people, i think you will see a response from this president. that is unacceptable. >> reporter: multiple white house officials later clarified, implying that the press secretary misspoke. this statement last month. >> there's been discussion of paul manforth who played a limited role for a limited amount of time. >> reporter: even before that, spicer kicked off an internaurnl incident when h...

He got the 1267 delegates. he said the rules platform which was unbloebl and then he was done. the rest of this -- >> sean spicer and others distancing himself saying he was there for a short time and not in a significant role, which as you point out is categorically not true. this is what's under investigation. do you think manforth was compromised or working with the russians to rig this election for trump or in any other way? >> it's hersey. it's impossible. the president had no inclination of russia. it wasn't on his radar. it had no purpose in doeftd policy. number two, paul manforth who'...